Guild Wars 2 - Leonn (2016)
Adobe Photoshop Cc, Microsoft Surface Pro 4
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A project Iāve been working on for months now! Let me introduce you my Guild Wars 2 character, LĆØonn! Heās an absolutely fabulous asura elementalist.
I started working on this piece back inā¦ May, I think? I upgraded my tools for digital painting and this was the first test project. My first digital painting after years of doing stuff only in traditional media. Gotta say Iām quite satisfied myself.
Iāve been playing Guild Wars since around the time the first expansion - Factions - was added to the original series. Tyria, the world in the games, has always been a safe place for me. Thatās where Iāve had some of the greatest adventures of my life, naturally with friends.
I remember the times when we were still waiting for Guild Wars 2! I was constantly drawing fan art about all the races, even though I never posted any of it online. I used to be an active participant in the Wintersday and Halloween art contests though, and even won a couple of honorable mentions. Iāve always been quite proud of them.
And then my account got hacked, right before Guild Wars 2 came out. With the help of Arenanetās great support team I was able to recover it, but the hacker had already managed to do a lot of damage. I lost a lot of valuable stuff and even a whole character. Since then I havenāt really played the original game at all, but lucky for me, Guild Wars 2 was released soon after the incident. The experience did make me a lot more aware of all the security risks of posting stuff about your characters online though.
Guild Wars 2 has been a sort of a virtual home for me ever since the release. Thatās where youāll find me hanging out on my spare time, even if Iām not doing anything specific in there.
